Health-care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health through disease, illness, injury and other physical and mental impairments preventions, diagnoses treatments recovery or cures in people.
Health care is provided by people in the medical profession and related fields. Health care encompasses a wide range of professions, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, optometry, audiology, psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic training. Work in primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, as well as in public health, are all included in this category.